The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-02
A STATESMAN WANTED THE DOG.
But His Boy Charley Had Good Reason
For Nor Letting Him Have 1t.
From the Ne,O York Sul

HARRISBURG, Nov. 26.-Ihe Hon. G.. W.
Williamson of Saladasburg is one of the
members of the Pennsylvania Legislature
from Lycoming county. There are two
members from Lycolning. One of them is
a large-waisted old gentleman, with a not
very extended acquaintance with the inside
of books He has never rubbed against the
world much, and being trifle new in legis-
latlon the boys had good deal of fun with
him last session.
"Pop," said the Hon. George MCGOWAN.
President of the Philadelphia American
Club, to this ornament from Lycoming,
what penalty do they inflict on suicide up
in Lycoming"
In dead earnestness the innocent old legis-
lator replied:
They give 'em three months, blieve,
but, gol dang 'em! I'm in favor o. two
years!n
But this member wasn't the Hon. c. W.
Williamson of Salad.ts urg That states
man is up to snuff, and if there is ever any
"snake" in a bill it won't bite him. He
mingles statecraft with lumber, agricul-
ture, and country store, and finds his
recreation in chasing the deer in the wild
wood and hunting coons. He has a son
Charles Charles is rising 16, and is a stub
and-twiSt specimen of the true backwoods
boy
Charley" said the Hon. c. W, William
son the other day, "from the way the
back of the mountain. Seems to me as if it
was buck"
well, pop replied Charley, 'let's take
the dog and go fetch the deer in"
"Why, that's sop said the statesman,
as if the suggestion was a sudden revela-
ton to him. 1--WE can do that, can't
weF'
So be took down his gun, called the dog,
and he and Charley started for the noun
gun, it being his duty to handle the dog and
drive for deer, while his father stood on the
ridge at runway and put lead in the deer
when it bounded by But Charley had a
big hunting knife in a sheath at his side.
The knife was to cut the deer's throat with
after the animal had been weighed down
with lead by the statesman hunter aud to
dress the deer with when it was hung up.
When they reached the mountain Charley's
father stationed himself on a run
way, and sent Charley off 10 the right
of the ridge to start the deer from its hiding
place.
"Start buck, Charley, or a Zig doe"
said the statesman with the gun. Don't
waste time on any fawns."
Charley went off with the dog, and he
hadn't gone more than a hundred yards
yards when the dog struck trail and away
he went. Charley followed, and in less than
ten rods came up to the dog 1t might have
been deer track the dog had struck, but
if it was it had led plumb up against six
foot bear, and the s;x-foot bear had his back
against rock and his eye on the dog. The
latter, emboldened by the presence of his
master, pitched into the bear. The bear
welcomed him to his embrace, gave him
couple of squeezes and tossed him off with
Al,-A
and almost desSicated carcass just missed
Charley's head. The dog was extremely
dead.
"S-a-a-y!n said Charley, as if re
monstrating with the bear. That was
pops best dog, and he'll be madder'n thun-
der"
Just then the voice of the statesman on
the runway, mellowed by distance but very
distinct, came down through the woods. 1t
said:
Hay, Charley! Come up with that dog,
quick'
"WeIl," said Charley addressing the bear,
''if he expects me to CRY that dog up
this ridge he's mistaken. But won't he be
madF'
All this time the bear stood with his back
to the rock, his eyes swapping and his mouth
dropping foam. Charley looked at the I'M
iointed body of his dog, and then surveyed
the proportions of its unterrified unjointer.
The latter got tired of waiting, and moved
Charles unsheathed his big hunting knife
and braced himself
Ebay, CharleyF' came the voice down
from the ridge, and this time there was i'm
patience in it. Why don't you come up
with that internal dogz"
Il hain't got time to explain that to
pop just now" said Charley, in con-
fidential tone, to the bear, land | hain't
a goin to scare you by hollerin' back to
him"
The bear didn't seem to care whether
Charley had time for explanation or not, and
wasn't on the scare. lie reached out for
Charley with one right paw. Charley
lounged forward and socked his knife in the
bruins neck. Bruin countered on Charley's
chest and sent him spraying on the ground
The bloc spurted from the hole made by
the knife in the bears neck AS Charley fell
the voice of the hunter was again heard on
the hill
"Hay, Charley" it said "Why in thun-
der don't you come up with that dog"
Charley was too busy to answer Just then,
for he had all he could do to get to his feet
before the bear climbed on him. The boy
and the bear had lively tussle, bat it was
a short one The first stab the bear re-
ceived was fatal, and two other thrusts
equally goo d let out still more blood, but
when the bear fell in its death struggle
Charley was tired out. He leaned up
against tree to get his wind. Then he
hea bis father coming down off of the
ridge, crushing through the brush like a
wild steer.
Hes mad" painted Charley
clay, Charleyr' the Hon. &. w. William
son shouted, as he came down the hill.
''What in thunders the matterl Where's
that dog! Why don't you come up with himl
A buck bigger'n heifer went by me, and
here hadn't got any dog Why don't you
come up with that dogW
Then the statesman hove in sight of his
boy, leaning against the tree and gasping
for wind He didn't see the bear that lay
few yards the other side. Charleys father
came up all standing.
what in the name of Nimrod's the mat
ter with you? he gasped.
Charley pointed TO the bear.
Great Scottn howled the statesman. and Z
he made for the nearest tree.
He's-he's--dead, - said Charley. $50 is
the dog. That's the-reason-1 didn't
come up with him."
Then the statesman looked the bear over,
and mourned for the dog.
"We weren't hunting bear, Charley said
he deprecatingly deer was what we
tarted out to get. Still we'll take home our
game. But you ought to have come with
that dog, Charley, and holy smokes, what
buck we'd have got"
Tho Hon G. w Williamson and the how